Movies like Boundaries
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Boundaries (2018)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.
Style:
sincere, humorous, light, thought provoking, captivating, intellectual
Plot:
marijuana, road trip, estranged father, grandfather grandson relationship, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, sister sister relationship, dog, school, boy, dating, single mother, mother, family relations, cat, food, beach, on the road, old man, african american, drawing, father son relationship, drug dealing, buddhist, mentally challenged person ...
Place:
california, los angeles, san francisco, seattle, seattle washington
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, captivating and sincere films with plots about family relations, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, coming of age, mother son relationship, cell phone and husband wife relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Boundaries: Ride (2014), Stella's Last Weekend (2018), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Awkward Thanksgiving (2014), Together Together (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
Style:
captivating, sincere, humorous, thought provoking, light
Plot:
surfing, writers, mother son relationship, young man, beach, family relations, friendship, couples, surfer, book editor, art, chauffeur ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, pacific ocean, usa, los angeles, new york
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, psychological, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
love triangle, brother brother relationship, teenage girl, fight, teenage boy, party, love and romance, youth, rivalry, adaptation, disorder, family relations ...
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city
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71%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, honest, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, nothing goes right, coming of age, parenthood, drugs ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, new mexico, arizona, albuquerque new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Thanksgiving is a time when families get together to eat good food and share in the spirit of thankfulness. That's of course, a best case scenario. Some families are so tangled in a web of drama from financial issues, relationships, and so on ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, serious, humorous
Plot:
thanksgiving, holiday, dysfunctional family, family relations, criminal, drug use, father son relationship, sister sister relationship, money, compulsive gambler, parents and children, eccentric family ...
Place:
ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
couple relations, surrogate mother, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wanting a baby, relationship vs career, in love, fall in love, love story, romantic relationship, male female relationship, new love ...
Place:
california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds ...
Style:
thought provoking, light, psychological, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
class differences, alternative medicine, party, husband wife relationship, money, name calling, nurse, food, social justice, ethical dilemma, women, restaurant ...
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
abortion, road trip, lesbian, teenager, pregnancy, aging, teenage pregnancy, grandmother granddaughter relationship, writers, friendship, gay, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of a teenage boy coming of age in a suburban grow-operation, where every day is paradise or fresh hell. But it's always a trip. Sheltered all his life and home-schooled by loving parents who are also committed criminals, Quinn Dawson ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sincere, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lifestyle, family relations, eccentric family, teenage life, parents and children, cheerleader, social relations, teenage love, marijuana, brother sister relationship, coming of age, suburbs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Day Off (French: Mercredi, folle journée !) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Pascal Thomas.
Style:
feel good, touching, light, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
husband wife relationship, rescue, teenage girl, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, mother son relationship, suspense, bad father, river, drug dealer ...
Place:
brittany
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Style:
road movie, feel good, humorous, captivating, light
Plot:
road trip, love, one night stand, infidelity, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, sexual attraction, cheating wife, marriage, on the road, middle age romance, highway ...
Place:
florida, new york, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, intense, talky, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
holiday, thanksgiving, road trip, food, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, loneliness, reconciliation, parents and children, family feud, nothing goes right, generation gap ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, tokyo, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
2K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
Style:
humorous, captivating, sincere, realistic, road movie
Plot:
road trip, friendship, journey, illegal gambling, save the day, bankruptcy, girl, father daughter relationship, tax evasion, car theft, convenience store robbery, motel ...
Place:
puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A star of hunting videos strives to bond with his 12-year-old son on a wilderness trip but learns familial connections can't be forced.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, humorous, light
Plot:
son, cameraman, father son relationship, hunting, friendship, nature, family relations, boyhood, hunter, ex husband ex wife relationship, deer, shot in the leg ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, ...
Style:
sincere, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
weed, self discovery, medical student, marijuana, wilderness, family relations, loneliness, fish out of water, addiction, human nature, eccentric family, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, usa, northern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot:
divorced parents, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, american abroad, love, father daughter relationship, woman, colosseum, dog, theft, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious ...
Style:
humorous, funny, psychological, ironic, surreal ...
Plot:
slacker, tattoo artist, arrested development, stoner, fear of commitment, re-education, coming of age, divorced man, jealousy, family relations, dancer, video game ...
Place:
new york, new york yankees, usa, manhattan new york city
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42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few ...
Style:
light, sweet, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, workaholic, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, breakup, family relations, parents and children, father and daughter, humour, family reunited, relationships, travel ...
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41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
Style:
humorous, romantic, sincere, light, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, african american, rap, teenage girl, culture clash, language barrier, puberty, teenage boy, performance, boy girl relationship, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Aged, embittered widower, Fred learns to enjoy life thanks to his elderly yet vibrant neighbor, Elsa. Upon learning Elsa is terminally ill, Fred takes her to the Fontana di Trevi in Rome in order to reenact her favorite scene from ‘La Dolce ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, captivating, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elderly lovers, elderly, widower, fall in love, neighbor, love and romance, couples, family relations, aging, terminal illness, romanticism, retirement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, rome italy, europe, england, nebraska ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is ...
Style:
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Plot:
artists and showbiz, dancer's life, couples, aging, teachers and students, homosexual, power relations, couple relations, gay, dancing, lgbt, friendship ...
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usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, social, inspirational, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sad, emotional, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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los angeles, california, usa, new york
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39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Marleen (Jella Haase) is 20, but can't choose, what to do with her life. Her older brother (Matthias Schweighöfer) traveled the world for years but never has been to the Antarctic. He is at home for a few days, but the ticket for the next ship ...
Style:
road movie, light, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
coming of age, death of brother, road trip, mother daughter relationship, hitchhiker, last wish, family relations, society, car, father daughter relationship, loss of brother, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on ...
Style:
road movie, sentimental, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teen drama
Plot:
autism, female protagonist, pet dog, sister sister relationship, manuscript, on the road, writers, road trip, self discovery, police officer, life philosophy, coming of age ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, san francisco, oakland california, california
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, touching, entertaining, light
Plot:
road trip, living with parents, sibling relationship, dementia, rookie, mother, escape, strong female character, female prisoner, elderly man, jail, prisoner transport
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
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light, feel good, entertaining, humorous, sincere ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
This film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, interesting or offbeat creations. In all cases, he put an ...
Style:
light, sincere, entertaining, captivating
Plot:
food, father daughter relationship, school, friend, father and daughter, care, parents and children, family life, kids and family, relationships, fatherhood, life ...
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37%
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A film based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which a young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather ...
Style:
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Plot:
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